https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-11-2024-monday
"Authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary visited former president
Trump in Florida on Friday, and on Sunday, Orbán assured Hungarian state media
that Trump “will not give a penny in the Ukraine-Russia war. Therefore, the war
will end, because it is obvious that Ukraine can not stand on its own feet.”
Russian state media gloated at the news, and that Trump’s MAGA allies in
Congress are already helping him end support for Ukraine.
President Joe Biden and a strong majority of lawmakers in both chambers of
Congress, as well as defense officials, support appropriating more aid to
Ukraine, believing its defense is crucial to America’s national security.
Today, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin once again called such aid “critical.”
The Senate passed a national security supplemental bill early in the morning on
February 13, by a strong bipartisan vote of 70 to 29. The bill would be
expected to pass the House, but House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a Trump
loyalist, refuses to bring it up for a vote.
Trump loyalists have been obstructing aid to Ukraine since President Joe Biden
asked for it in October 2023. Their insistence that they would not address the
national security needs of the U.S. in Ukraine until they were addressed at the
border now sure looks like a smokescreen to help Russian president Vladimir
Putin take Ukraine, a plan that would explain why Trump urged Republicans to
kill the national security supplemental bill even when it included a strong
border component that favored Republican positions.
It appears as though Trump is deliberately undermining the national security of
the United States."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
